Testing task: Navigate backwards to an empty, collapsed combobox in reading mode

With JAWS in reading mode, describe how JAWS behaves when performing task "With the reading cursor on the 'Navigate backwards from here' link, navigate to the 'State' Combobox."

Test instructions

  1. Restore default settings for JAWS. For help, read Configuring Screen Readers for Testing.
  2. Activate the "Open test page" button below, which opens the example to test in a new window and runs a script that sets focus on a link after the Combobox.
  3. Verify the Virtual Cursor is active by pressing Alt+Delete. If it is not, exit Forms Mode to activate the Virtual Cursor by pressing Escape.
  4. With the reading cursor on the 'Navigate backwards from here' link, navigate to the 'State' Combobox.
  5. Using the following commands, With the reading cursor on the 'Navigate backwards from here' link, navigate to the 'State' Combobox.
    • Shift+F
    • Shift+E
    • Shift+C
    • Shift+Tab
    • Up Arrow, then Up Arrow

Success Criteria

To pass this test, JAWS needs to meet all the following assertions when each specified command is executed:

  1. Role 'combobox' is conveyed
  2. Name of the combobox ('State') is conveyed
  3. State of the combobox (collapsed) is conveyed
  4. The ability to enter or edit text is conveyed
  5. The presence of autocomplete behavior is conveyed

Record Results

Navigate backwards to an empty, collapsed combobox in reading mode

After 'Shift+F'

AssertionSuccess caseFailure cases
Role 'combobox' is conveyed(required: mark output)
Name of the combobox ('State') is conveyed(required: mark output)
State of the combobox (collapsed) is conveyed(required: mark output)
The ability to enter or edit text is conveyed(required: mark output)
The presence of autocomplete behavior is conveyed(required: mark output)
Were there additional undesirable behaviors?(required)
Undesirable behaviors





After 'Shift+E'

AssertionSuccess caseFailure cases
Role 'combobox' is conveyed(required: mark output)
Name of the combobox ('State') is conveyed(required: mark output)
State of the combobox (collapsed) is conveyed(required: mark output)
The ability to enter or edit text is conveyed(required: mark output)
The presence of autocomplete behavior is conveyed(required: mark output)
Were there additional undesirable behaviors?(required)
Undesirable behaviors





After 'Shift+C'

AssertionSuccess caseFailure cases
Role 'combobox' is conveyed(required: mark output)
Name of the combobox ('State') is conveyed(required: mark output)
State of the combobox (collapsed) is conveyed(required: mark output)
The ability to enter or edit text is conveyed(required: mark output)
The presence of autocomplete behavior is conveyed(required: mark output)
Were there additional undesirable behaviors?(required)
Undesirable behaviors





After 'Shift+Tab'

AssertionSuccess caseFailure cases
Role 'combobox' is conveyed(required: mark output)
Name of the combobox ('State') is conveyed(required: mark output)
State of the combobox (collapsed) is conveyed(required: mark output)
The ability to enter or edit text is conveyed(required: mark output)
The presence of autocomplete behavior is conveyed(required: mark output)
Were there additional undesirable behaviors?(required)
Undesirable behaviors





After 'Up Arrow, then Up Arrow'

AssertionSuccess caseFailure cases
Role 'combobox' is conveyed(required: mark output)
Name of the combobox ('State') is conveyed(required: mark output)
State of the combobox (collapsed) is conveyed(required: mark output)
The ability to enter or edit text is conveyed(required: mark output)
The presence of autocomplete behavior is conveyed(required: mark output)
Were there additional undesirable behaviors?(required)
Undesirable behaviors